Hatrack River Writers Workshop: Titles, Kings and Spaceships...

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Posted by skadder (Member # 6757) on :

New competition for those suffering from terminal ennui. Check the rules in the competition section.

Basically, it's about including the title of novel in your intro's prose. Any genre is acceptable. Bit of a challenge--give it a try.

There are plenty of lists of book titles about:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_book_titles_taken_from_literature

...is just one.

[This message has been edited by skadder (edited July 03, 2009).]

NOTE from Kathleen: I edited this in order to add a link to the rules.

[This message has been edited by Kathleen Dalton Woodbury (edited July 03, 2009).]

Posted by skadder (Member # 6757) on :

*bows in courtly fashion*

Why, thank you so kindly, Kathleen...

Also:

If people find other lists of titles, perhaps they could post a link to them on this thread; it will serve the dual function of acting as a resource and as well as bumping it to the top.

[This message has been edited by skadder (edited July 03, 2009).]

Posted by snapper (Member # 7299) on :

But these examples are titles that were influnced by a passage in another piece of literature.
Do you want us to write an opening where a title to a book is in it? For example...

I found the great Gatsby on the stoop of my apartment building holding a bottle of cheap wine while smoking the butt of a cigarette he dug out of a crack in the sidewalk.

Posted by skadder (Member # 6757) on :

bump.

Posted by skadder (Member # 6757) on :

Bump...bump.

Posted by skadder (Member # 6757) on :

Bump..